The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations under the Ministry of National Defence on October 27 launched a training course on United Nations peacekeeping operations for female military officers, with support from UN Women and Australia.

State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on October 25 for Australian Assistant Minister for Immigration and Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Matt Thistlethwaite, who is in Vietnam to attend the Signing Ceremony of the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime (Hanoi Convention).

The first online meeting connecting Australia – Vietnam business councils, associations, and organisations across Australia, along with Vietnamese firms operating in the country was held on October 24.

VOV.VN - An Australian delegation led by Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Matt Thistlethwaite arrived in Vietnam on October 24 to attend and sign the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on behalf of the Australian Government.

VOV.VN - The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) brought 16 leading Australian education technology (edtech) businesses to Hanoi as part of the Edtech to Vietnam In-Market Immersion Programme 2025 held on October 22-24.

Australia is providing up to AUD3 million in humanitarian assistance to Vietnam following Typhoons Bualoi and Matmo, as these consecutive typhoons have led to widespread destruction and flooding across northern and central Vietnam.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA), and Deputy Minister of National Defence, hosted Australia's Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Marshal Stephen Chappell in Hanoi on October 13, during which the two sides agreed to further promote defence cooperation in the time to come.

VOV.VN - Australia has secured a significant agreement with Vietnam that will allow fresh Australian blueberries to be exported to the Vietnamese market for the first time, unlocking an estimated AUD22 million in trade over five years.

Vietnam has consistently remained a priority for the Australian Government and its international education sector, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Higher Education, Research and International Group in the Australian Government Department of Education Karen Sandercock has affirmed.

VOV.VN - Policymakers, experts, and academic representatives from Vietnam and Australia attended an economic forum in Hanoi on September 26, exchanging views to strengthen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries.